The Cannes Film Festival (May 14 to 25) unveiled its roster earlier in the week

A Garda operation has been mounted in parts of Cork’s northside after tyres were slashed on cars displaying pro-choice stickers.

There’s no shortage of music options at the newly-expanded festival.

The Cure are sold out already, but Lana Del Rey has also been added to the summer roster for Malahide Castle in what has been a big week for gig announcements.

A portrait of the late John Montague by artist Colin Davidson will be unveiled in UCC today.

Brian and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn hope people won’t just brand them as folkies, writes Ed Power

PROBABLY no festival will bring as many different musical styles to Cork this year as Sounds From a Safe Harbour, returning this week after a much-lauded debut in 2015.

As Valerie June gets ready for gigs in Leap and Cork City, she tells Ed Power about the influences that have fed into her music

A woman was sexually assaulted in an “opportunistic” crime after she became drunk and passed out when she came out of a pub, Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard yesterday.

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A woman who stole 17 football jerseys from a shop claimed that she only went in to buy another item and never intended stealing anything.

Trish Dromey says a terraced home is set to get quite a bit of interest.

Des O’Driscoll looks at five things to do in the world of arts and culture this week.

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This graceful, great-order five-bed period des-res has credentials and charm after careful minding and conservation, writes Tommy Barker.

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Cork’s city planners have sought ministerial approval for the major extension of a tax break scheme designed to promote regeneration and city living, and to include the city’s main shopping and office districts.

Here are five things to check out if you’re looking for something to do this week.

Two men were jailed for eight years yesterday for their part in a horrific assault on a man who sustained life-changing injuries less than 100m from his home in Cork City.

City officials are banking on the public for ideas on how a historic former bank could get a new lease of life.

A Cork-born pharmacist has qualified for one of the toughest endurance events on the planet: the World Ironman Championships in Hawaii.

Fianna Fáil leaders have said they are disappointed at their failure to attract more women candidates. Jobs spokesperson Dara Calleary conceded that one in five candidates being female in the looming May local elections was not good enough.

Gardaí have questioned two men in their 20s in connection with a serious assault in Cork City yesterday.

The man staging a charity variety show in a landmark former church says he hopes the event will demonstrate the historic venue’s potential as a valuable community resource.

A landmark Cork pub has been transformed into a temporary art gallery to help transform the lives of orphaned and abandoned children in Cambodia.

The slopes of Cork city’s northside breed character.

EVERYONE of a certain age remembers — or claims to remember — the day US president John Fitzgerald Kennedy died.

A former Vita Cortex worker who spent five months on a factory sit-in said she is now prepared to go to jail for not paying the household tax.

TWO schools in west Belfast are in shock after two young pupils took their own lives.

A well-known city taxi driver who was murdered when he was beaten over the head may have lain dead in his flat for several days, it was revealed tonight.

IT is a rags-to-riches tale that without skilled intervention could yet end in tears for Sean Quinn.

ST PATRICK is not only responsible for making snakes disappear from Ireland, he also manages to get rid of the majority of ministers as well — at least for a few days in March anyway.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern had £32,000 in a building society account in May 1995 when he told AIB his savings amounted to just £5,000, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

CONCERNS were raised last night about plans to move one of Cork’s best known landmarks from its century-old home.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday gave the Mahon Planning Tribunal three different reasons for withdrawing IR£50,000 in cash from a bank account.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern’s former partner Celia Larkin has admitted he helped to jog her memory about his financial affairs prior to her appearance before the Mahon Tribunal.

‘NOTHING to declare’ is the message in the latest round-up of political donations which shows just 25 of the country’s 233 deputies, senators and MEPs reporting that they received contributions of a value they were legally obliged to disclose.

FOR years, activists campaigning for improved cancer services have argued the obvious: patient outcomes are reflected in access to quality treatment.

CANCER patients in the south-east travelling to Dublin for radiotherapy treatment have the worst transport options in the country.

RECENTLY I took my Dublin-reared family to Cork to give them a taste of my home town during its term as City of Culture.

BACK 15 to 20 years ago, Alexandra Place, like most of the grand old houses in St Luke’s, Cork, were hacked into bedsits and the area, along with its elegant rows of Victorian houses, was in a downward spiral.

THE amount of donations declared by politicians dropped substantially last year, following the record sums brought in during the general election year of 2002.

VIEWINGS have been very strong at Mount Verdon House since the For Sale board recently went up — dozens of would-be buyers have already trooped through, attracted by the off-road privacy and convenience to Cork city centre at St Luke’s/Wellington Road.